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@ PYEONGCHANG 2018
Ireland competed with a team of five athletes (four men, one woman) in four sports: Alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, freestyle skiing, and snowboarding. Its best finish was 18th by Seamus O'Connor in men's halfpipe snowboard.

PYEONGCHANG 2018 FLAGBEARERS
Opening Ceremony: Seamus O'Connor (SBD)
Closing Ceremony: Bubba Newby (FRS)

OLYMPIC GAMES HISTORY
Ireland formed a National Olympic Committee (NOC) in 1922, shortly after it became independent of Great Britain in December 1921. Ireland first competed as a separate state at the Paris 1924 Olympic Games. Ireland also entered separate teams in 1908 (hockey) and 1912 (cycling road race), although both were technically second teams representing Great Britain. Since 1924, Ireland has competed at every Olympic Games with the exception of Berlin 1936.

Ireland first competed at the Olympic Winter Games at Albertville 1992 and continuously since Nagano 1998, represented by 31 athletes (25 men, six women), competing in Alpine skiing, bobsleigh, cross-country skiing, freestyle skiing, skeleton, and snowboard.

Ireland has not won a medal at the Olympic Winter Games, but it came close at Salt Lake City 2002 when Clifton Hugh Lancelot de Verdon Wrottesley (6th Baron Wrottesley) missed out on a medal by 0.42 seconds when he finished fourth in the skeleton. Wrottesley began sliding on the Cresta Run in 1988 and became the most successful slider in the history of the track, winning a record number of victories in each of the St. Moritz track's four classic races.

Ireland has won 35 Olympic medals: 11 gold, 10 silver, and 14 bronze. Swimmer Michelle Smith won four medals and three golds in 1996, and Pat O'Callaghan won the hammer throw gold medal in both 1928 and 1932.

MILESTONES

First Competitor, Female: Tamsen McGarry (20 February 2002) - 2002 - Alpine Skiing (Slalom) - 35th

First Competitor, Male: Pat McDonagh (15 February 1992) - 1992 - Bobsleigh (2-man) - 32nd
First Competitor, Male: Terry McHugh (15 February 1992) - 1992 - Bobsleigh (2-man) - 32nd
First Competitor, Male: Gerry Macken (15 February 1992) - 1992 - Bobsleigh (2-man) - 38th
First Competitor, Male: Malachy Sheridan (15 February 1992) - 1992 - Bobsleigh (2-man) - 38th

Youngest Competitor, Female: Florence Bell (17y-349d) - 2014 - Alpine Skiing (Giant Slalom) - DNF
Youngest Competitor, Male: Seamus O'Connor (16y-126d) - 2014 - Snowboarding (Slopestyle) - 17th

Oldest Competitor, Female: Aoife Hoey (26y-170d) - 2010 - Bobsleigh (2-woman) - 17th
Oldest Competitor, Male: Paul O'Connor (43y-048d) - 2002 - Cross-Country Skiing (Sprint) - 68th